English
rowwise
From row + -wise.
Formed from row + -wise
Proto-Indo-European *Hreyk- ‘to line up; to arrange’
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Proto-Germanic *raiwō
Proto-West Germanic *raiwu
Old English rǣw ‘row, line’
Middle English rewe ‘row’
English row
Today it means
adj By rows; one row at a time.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “rowwise”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / rowwise